JANNA VANDERVEEN

There is something about reading and writing science fiction and fantasy literature which stirs my heart to worship. I am repeatedly drawn into magnificent worlds of wonder inhabited by heroes and heroines...

My mission is to discern, awaken, and inspire truth in myself and others.  “May my tongue be the pen of a skillful writer, my pen be the tongue of a masterful...

Penelope Bloom is a four-year-old detective ballerina.  She is an adorable, rough and tumble, curious, and strong-willed child who loves to wear tutu’s and princess dress-up clothes while solving mysteries with her friends....

I am currently working on a novel. It is a futuristic mystery-suspense thriller.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Have you given the mirror power to determine your self-worth? Who or what is your mirror? Who or what holds the...

Things that interfere with writing the next great American novel: #1. FLIES! I’m not kidding. My daughter Chloe (who just turned four) is terrified of flies. She doesn’t understand the correlation between leaving the...

I love what-ifs. What-if’s drive my creative thinking and fuel my love for writing. They push me past the mundane “box” of my thinking and force me to consider things I wouldn’t,...

Deep within your hallowed heart Beats blood of truest red. Poured out for me, you gave your life Whispering words of love instead. You won my heart with great aplomb Ransomed...

Proverbs 31:10 – A wife of noble character, who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies. This Bible verse in Proverbs has had an enormous positive impact on my life. ...